AFC-Holcroft, Wixom, Mich., is to install a complete UBQ (Universal Batch Quench) furnace line in one of Fastenal Company’s plants in Winona, Minnesota.
Reliance Steel & Aluminum acquires Northern Illinois Steel Supply
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co., Los Angeles, has acquired all of the capital stock of Northern Illinois Steel Supply Co. (NIS), a value-added distributor and fabricator of a variety of steel and nonferrous metal products.
Siemens builds vacuum oxygen decarburization plant at Voestalpine Giesserei
Siemens Metals Technologies, Austria, has completed a vacuum oxygen decarburization (VOD) plant with a capacity of 50 metric tons at Voestalpine Giesserei Linz GmbH.
ASM Fellow Paul Bania receives Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Titanium Association
HTS member Michael Pershing receives CHTE award for outstanding service
Each year CHTE acknowledges the accomplishments of an individual who, in the judgment of the board, has made significant, commendable, and long-standing contributions to the promotion of CHTE.

